What is progressive muscle relaxation?
It’s a relaxation technique that is based on the principles of Jacobson, who found that stress and systematic relaxation of various muscle groups almost completely eliminates muscle contractures, and a feeling of deep relaxation. While it is particularly indicated in psychosomatic disorders such as Lamaze or preventive habit may be recommended to almost everyone to deal with stressful situations of everyday life.
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Relaxation Techniques Part.II
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Relaxation Techniques Part.I
Monday, January 25th, 2010
In recent years the words “tension“, “anxiety” and “stress” have entered our everyday language to describe certain states often suffer disturbing, especially those who live in big cities.
Tension and anxiety are normal psychophysiological mechanisms that are activated for our body and mind to be alert so that we can meet our daily activities, you can even say that the need for life. “Stress” is a controversial term, but it could easily be defined as an altered state resulting from imbalance between the demands of the environment, whether real or subjective, and resources available to us to face them.
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